Izzie likes her lunch yesterday. She ate her fave red capsicum and gave me a thumbs up.
That is Izzie looking very pleased with her lunch on Saturday. I forgot her shallots and put them on the noodles after photo taking. Hehe.
Last week was a very stressful week. Peak. Campsssss and HK holiday programs and Chinese conference stuff. This week, I was bombarded by IA and Chinese conference. I falter. I questioned if I was wasting my time.
Someone pointed out my thought pattern. Ultimately, it is my own decision: to change the “misery” I felt.
Today, I shuffled between two bus stops and missed my bus. I got panicky coz I needed to reach Tampines childcare by 7pm for pick up.
Just another journey in panicky mood but I had a strong word: That I need to give up from wanting to give up whenever I am provoked. My capacity is bigger than that. That I need to be always grateful for all I’m given. That I need to be humble: it is a joy to serve God the most high. That I need to stop asking for what I deserve because what I deserve is very much worse than what I have now. God is not done with me.
End of story
I brought Izzie for vege shopping today. She chose the Japanese cucumber and then put it back when I showed her a tomato. She must have thought I only allow her to choose one, that’s why the reaction. Oops. I asked if she wanted capsicum coz it looks fresh. She said yes. So I paid and we left the shop with a bag of tomato, Japanese cucumber and red capsicum. Izzie carried it all the way home. Then I cooked lunch while she watched Hi-5. I can see that she enjoyed her lunch because she was self-feeding and kept asking for more capsicum. Of course, she finished her lunch with ease and her usual soup and she finished a whole red kiwi all by herself. Woot! 🙂
Much as I wished I have some alone time, I truly enjoy Saturdays with Izzie coz I have her all to myself. Muahahaha!!
It was raining during lunch time and MacDonalds didn’t want to deliver. B and I looked in the fridge and freezer for ingredients and decided to cook lunch instead. We had HK noodles with breaded chicken breast and broccoli. Yummy!! Thanks B for cooking. I am a blessed wife. 🙂
After I put Isabel to nap, B washed the fans while I mopped the house. We felt pleased to be home and got some housework done.
Isabel was blessed with a lot of hand-me-downs toys, books and clothes. The toys, especially, were taking up too much space at home. B and I made a decision to donate them to a Salvation Army Donation In Kind booth that is near our place. We rented a car, packed all the items in the car boot and off we went. It was a great feeling to declutter the house. B was wise to leave the decision to me because he would rather keep a lot of the items so he didn’t interfere with my decision-making.
Next, we made our way to dinner at Sinpopo (near i12 Katong) last night. It was a lovely time and the food was great.
Thankful for a Superb Sunday. I love spending time with my family.
Ever since I put Isabel at 3YO Harvestkidz room, I have not seen a single of her artwork when I picked her up (unlike when she was in 2YO). So I thought and was a bit worried that she doesn’t like art and craft. I had feedbacks from the 3 YO teachers that she was climbing all over and fell down a few times. They were also feedbacks that she did not talk much.
So I was taken in by surprise yesterday when the teacher at 3 YO gave me her artwork and she told me that Isabel was very participative in class and that she answered all the questions correctly. I’m so proud of you, darling. Continue to love Harvestkidz, babe.
Today is the first day at a new school for Izzie. What was I thinking? I wasn’t even prepared that she might need us to be there emotionally as she adapts to a new environment. It was just another day when B drops her off in school. We both didn’t take leave like how we did when she first joined the previous childcare. She didn’t cry and was happy to be in school. This time however, she was crying on and off at the slightest things. B had to stay with her for an hour and slowly made his way to work when Izzie wasn’t paying attention and was more engaged in school activities.
When I picked Izzie up, she was happily watching nursery rhyme video on the projector screen. She did somewhat like “complain/whine/cry” on the way home.
I hope she adjusts well to her new school over the next few days. Babe, mommy is so proud of you for being so brave on day 1.
A conversation I had with her after her bath.
Me: Izzie, do you have new friends today?
Izzie: Yes
Me: How many friends do you have?
Izzie: 1
Me: What is his/her name?
Izzie: Isabel
😂
Yesterday was the last day Isabel would be attending My World @ Sims. She would start next week in a new childcare nearer our home. We made that painful decision because it was getting difficult to travel with Isabel from home on the bus for an hour before she reaches childcare. She would often get very restless and fidgety on the bus. We were just feeling a little sentimental to have to pull her out of a good childcare that we have grown accustomed to. Her teacher, Teacher Sha gave her a farewell gift. How sweet!
B and I have been telling Isabel that she would be attending a new school next week. So today I decided to bring her to her new school to just familiarize her to the surroundings and I let her play at the playground nearby. When I showed her her new school which she went in once before, she told me that she wanted to go in and cried when I told her that we were not going in today. *sweat*
I allowed Izzie to play at the playground for a while. Initially she didn’t dare walk on the “slippery bridge” and I had to hold her hand to walk through the bridge twice before she was confident enough to do it on her own. I am so proud of my girl. 🙂
Next we went for lunch. It was such a hot weather and the forgetful me didn’t bring her water bottle. While having lunch, she kept asking for soup. Then when I ordered water for her, she drank a whole cup in one sitting. Sorry babe, mommy forgot your water bottle
Izzie drank one and a half cups of water. ;P
After lunch, we got some stuff and Izzie insisted on carrying the bags. I felt like a happy girlfriend on a shopping spree without needing to carry the shopping bags. Hehe
When we reached home I asked, “Izzie, do u like your new school?”
She said, “No!”
Then I asked, “Do you like the playground near your school?”
She said, “Yes!”
I asked her again, “Do you like your new school?”
She said, “Yes!”
Hahaha
At 33 months, Izzie is 91cm tall and weighs 13kg.
She chose her own footwear for her outfit. *sweat a bit*
Isabel has been on a crying spell recently. Very minor things will make her cry. Like when she couldn’t wear her shoes by herself, or when she couldn’t wear a dress to bed, or when she couldn’t wear her tiara to shower, or when she had to wait to eat food/drink milk or when she couldn’t wear a dress to school. It has been so bad I suspect her phlegm build up this time is caused by her constant crying.
As much as I am frustrated, I couldn’t do nothing and ask her to get over it. I had to stoop down to her level and speak to her and reason with her. It IS torturous. Especially on the mental capacity. I realized my mental capacity have to expand!!! I also realized Izzie is beginning to understand my reasoning. Just the other day, she was throwing a tantrum during dinner that she didn’t want to eat the dinner cooked by grandma. She wanted biscuits instead. So I said, “Okay, no dinner for you and you will have no milk too”. She will usually drink milk before bedtime. She cried and said she wanted to eat dinner there and then! She was so cooperative during dinner too although we could see she was struggling so much not to cry.
This is the age of awakening. I need to be even more conscious with what I say and do because Izzie will learn by observation. May I be used to point her to God every single day.
Note: up to now, we have not used the cane on Izzie.